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Liu F, Xiao J, Chen LH, Pan YY, Tian JZ, Zhang ZR, Bai XC. Self-assembly of differentiated dental pulp stem cells facilitates spheroid human dental organoid formation and prevascularization. World J Stem Cells 2024; 16:287-304. [PMID: 38577232 PMCID: PMC10989288 DOI: 10.4252/wjsc.v16.i3.287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2023] [Revised: 01/21/2024] [Accepted: 02/28/2024] [Indexed: 03/25/2024] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND The self-assembly of solid organs from stem cells has the potential to greatly expand the applicability of regenerative medicine. Stem cells can self-organise into microsized organ units, partially modelling tissue function and regeneration. Dental pulp organoids have been used to recapitulate the processes of tooth development and related diseases. However, the lack of vasculature limits the utility of dental pulp organoids. AIM To improve survival and aid in recovery after stem cell transplantation, we demonstrated the three-dimensional (3D) self-assembly of adult stem cell-human dental pulp stem cells (hDPSCs) and endothelial cells (ECs) into a novel type of spheroid-shaped dental pulp organoid in vitro under hypoxia and conditioned medium (CM). METHODS During culture, primary hDPSCs were induced to differentiate into ECs by exposing them to a hypoxic environment and CM. The hypoxic pretreated hDPSCs were then mixed with ECs at specific ratios and conditioned in a 3D environment to produce prevascularized dental pulp organoids. The biological characteristics of the organoids were analysed, and the regulatory pathways associated with angiogenesis were studied. RESULTS The combination of these two agents resulted in prevascularized human dental pulp organoids (Vorganoids) that more closely resembled dental pulp tissue in terms of morphology and function. Single-cell RNA sequencing of dental pulp tissue and RNA sequencing of Vorganoids were integrated to analyse key regulatory pathways associated with angiogenesis. The biomarkers forkhead box protein O1 and fibroblast growth factor 2 were identified to be involved in the regulation of Vorganoids. CONCLUSION In this innovative study, we effectively established an in vitro model of Vorganoids and used it to elucidate new mechanisms of angiogenesis during regeneration, facilitating the development of clinical treatment strategies.
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- Fei Liu
- School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, Guangdong Province, China
- Department of Health Management, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou 510317, Guangdong Province, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tumor Interventional Diagnosis and Treatment, Zhuhai People's Hospital Affiliated with Jinan University, Zhuhai 519000, Guangdong Province, China
- Centre of Reproduction, Development and Aging, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Macau 999078, China
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- Department of Stomatology, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou 510317, Guangdong Province, China
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- Department of Stomatology, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou 510317, Guangdong Province, China
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- Department of Health Management, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou 510317, Guangdong Province, China
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- Zhuhai Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhuhai Hospital Affiliated with Jinan University, Zhuhai 519000, Guangdong Province, China
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- Department of Cell Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, Guangdong Province, China.
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Poonia S, Goel A, Chawla S, Bhattacharya N, Rai P, Lee YF, Yap YS, West J, Bhagat AA, Tayal J, Mehta A, Ahuja G, Majumdar A, Ramalingam N, Sengupta D. Marker-free characterization of full-length transcriptomes of single live circulating tumor cells. Genome Res 2023; 33:80-95. [PMID: 36414416 PMCID: PMC9977151 DOI: 10.1101/gr.276600.122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2022] [Accepted: 11/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The identification and characterization of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are important for gaining insights into the biology of metastatic cancers, monitoring disease progression, and medical management of the disease. The limiting factor in the enrichment of purified CTC populations is their sparse availability, heterogeneity, and altered phenotypes relative to the primary tumor. Intensive research both at the technical and molecular fronts led to the development of assays that ease CTC detection and identification from peripheral blood. Most CTC detection methods based on single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) use a mix of size selection, marker-based white blood cell (WBC) depletion, and antibodies targeting tumor-associated antigens. However, the majority of these methods either miss out on atypical CTCs or suffer from WBC contamination. We present unCTC, an R package for unbiased identification and characterization of CTCs from single-cell transcriptomic data. unCTC features many standard and novel computational and statistical modules for various analyses. These include a novel method of scRNA-seq clustering, named deep dictionary learning using k-means clustering cost (DDLK), expression-based copy number variation (CNV) inference, and combinatorial, marker-based verification of the malignant phenotypes. DDLK enables robust segregation of CTCs and WBCs in the pathway space, as opposed to the gene expression space. We validated the utility of unCTC on scRNA-seq profiles of breast CTCs from six patients, captured and profiled using an integrated ClearCell FX and Polaris workflow that works by the principles of size-based separation of CTCs and marker-based WBC depletion.
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- Sarita Poonia
- Department of Computational Biology, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology-Delhi (IIIT-Delhi), New Delhi 110020, India
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology-Delhi (IIIT-Delhi), New Delhi 110020, India
- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Delhi Technological University, New Delhi 110042, India
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- Department of Computational Biology, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology-Delhi (IIIT-Delhi), New Delhi 110020, India
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology-Delhi (IIIT-Delhi), New Delhi 110020, India
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- Department of Computational Biology, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology-Delhi (IIIT-Delhi), New Delhi 110020, India
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- Biolidics Limited, Singapore 118257, Singapore
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- National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore 169610, Singapore
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- Fluidigm Corporation, South San Francisco, California 94080, USA
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- Department of Research, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre-Delhi (RGCIRC-Delhi), New Delhi 110085, India
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- Department of Laboratory Services and Molecular Diagnostics, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre-Delhi (RGCIRC-Delhi), New Delhi 110085, India
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- Department of Computational Biology, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology-Delhi (IIIT-Delhi), New Delhi 110020, India
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology-Delhi (IIIT-Delhi), New Delhi 110020, India
- Centre for Artificial Intelligence, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology-Delhi (IIIT-Delhi), New Delhi 110020, India
- Department of Electronics & Communications Engineering, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology-Delhi (IIIT-Delhi), New Delhi 110020, India
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- Department of Computational Biology, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology-Delhi (IIIT-Delhi), New Delhi 110020, India
- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology-Delhi (IIIT-Delhi), New Delhi 110020, India
- Centre for Artificial Intelligence, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology-Delhi (IIIT-Delhi), New Delhi 110020, India
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Iyer A, Gupta K, Sharma S, Hari K, Lee YF, Ramalingam N, Yap YS, West J, Bhagat AA, Subramani BV, Sabuwala B, Zea Tan T, Thiery JP, Jolly MK, Ramalingam N, Sengupta D. Erratum: Iyer, A., et al. Integrative Analysis and Machine Learning Based Characterization of Single Circulating Tumor Cells. J. Clin. Med. 2020, 9, 1206. J Clin Med 2021; 10:jcm10020370. [PMID: 33478182 PMCID: PMC7844618 DOI: 10.3390/jcm10020370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2020] [Accepted: 10/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Arvind Iyer
- Department of Computational Biology, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, New Delhi 110020, India;
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, New Delhi 110020, India; (K.G.); (S.S.)
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, New Delhi 110020, India; (K.G.); (S.S.)
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- Centre for BioSystems Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India; (K.H.); (M.K.J.)
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- Biolidics Limited, 81 Science Park Drive, 02-03 The Chadwick, Singapore 118257, Singapore; (Y.F.L.); (A.A.B.)
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- Qualcomm Incorporated, 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, CA 92121, USA;
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- National Cancer Centre, 11 Hospital Dr, Singapore 169610, Singapore;
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- Fluidigm Corporation, 2 Tower Place, Suite 2000, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA;
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- Biolidics Limited, 81 Science Park Drive, 02-03 The Chadwick, Singapore 118257, Singapore; (Y.F.L.); (A.A.B.)
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- School of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram 695551, India;
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- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036, India;
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- Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, Center for Translational Medicine, Singapore 117599, Singapore;
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- Guangzhou Regenerative Medicine and Health; Guangdong laboratory, Guangzhou 510530, China;
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- Centre for BioSystems Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India; (K.H.); (M.K.J.)
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- Fluidigm Corporation, 2 Tower Place, Suite 2000, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA;
- Correspondence: (N.R.); (D.S.)
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- Department of Computational Biology, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, New Delhi 110020, India;
- Department of Computer Science and Engineering Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, New Delhi 110020, India; (K.G.); (S.S.)
- Center for Artificial Intelligence, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, New Delhi 110020, India
- Correspondence: (N.R.); (D.S.)
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